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Can Manchester deliver on its Victorian promise?
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Can Manchester deliver on its Victorian promise?

‘The philosopher alone can conceive the grandeur of Manchester and the immensity of its future’

The Mill
Apr 12
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Dear Millers — today we’re training our gaze on the city’s past. Our Tuesday read is by Brian Groom, a longtime Miller and former assistant editor of the Financial Times, who was born and raised in Stretford and now lives in Saddleworth.

His epic new book Northerners: A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day is published this week by HarperNorth. We asked him to write about Manchester’s history — and its future promise.

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